Beauty and personal care · Small-town market · Ohio
Nail salons in the Ashland, OH area
The nail salons in the Ashland, OH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.9M
- On personal care products and services · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 68% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,523
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $910 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Ashland area spend about $18.9M a year on personal care products and services. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each salon on map listings, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only nail salons.
The Ashland area has 4 nail salons on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for nail salons in the Ashland area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as nail salons in the Ashland area.
Population estimates show the Ashland area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 nail salons on map listings, the Ashland area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Ashland area compares
The same measures for Ohio and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the nail salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Ashland area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $2.5M | $1.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,424 | 3,754 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +23.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $910 | $976 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $69,860 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as nail salons in the Ashland area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Ashland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,523+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,720
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,860+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,890
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,646
- Daytime population
- 47,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wooster, OH | 78 | 7 | 1.6 | $6.1M | −0.1% | #13 of 387 |
| 2Wapakoneta, OH | 74 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.8M | −1.2% | #30 of 387 |
| 3Athens, OH | 72 | 5 | 2.2 | $4M | +1.3% | #40 of 387 |
| 4Sidney, OH | 72 | 6 | 3.2 | $3.1M | −0.2% | #43 of 387 |
| 5Urbana, OH | 72 | 5 | 3.2 | $3M | +0.2% | #44 of 387 |
| 6Findlay, OH | 72 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +0.1% | #46 of 387 |
| 7Mount Vernon, OH | 70 | 10 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +1.9% | #65 of 387 |
| 8Celina, OH | 69 | 6 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +0.5% | #72 of 387 |
| 9Salem, OH | 68 | 10 | 2.4 | $3.6M | −2.2% | #76 of 387 |
| 10New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 62 | 14 | 3.6 | $2.5M | −0.9% | #113 of 387 |
| Ashland, OH | Not scored | 4 | 1.9 | $4.7M | +0.1% |
Other business types in the Ashland area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas61
- Hair salons65
- Barbershops54
- Nail salons
- Spas and skin care58
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many nail salons are in the Ashland, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 nail salons in the Ashland area. The listings count nail salons. No official count is published for nail salons in the Ashland area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ashland, OH area spend on personal care products and services?
About $18.9M a year, or $910 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 nail salons on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which nail salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,720 households in the Ashland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ashland, OH area compare with the U.S. for nail salons?
The Ashland area has 1.9 nail salons per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 6.0. Spending per salon is $4.7M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.7M. At the U.S. ratio of nail salons to household spending, the Ashland area would have about 11, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Ashland, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Ashland area at 52,523 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,720 households. Median household income in the Ashland area is $69,860, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Ashland area has no market score for nail salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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